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James Blackmon, Jr. scored 22 of his 26 points after halftime to lift No. 11 Indiana to a season-opening 103-99 overtime victory over No. 3 Kansas on Friday night in the Armed Forces Classic.
The Hoosiers had four players score in double figures with...

It's been 15 years since Muffet McGraw and Notre Dame were No. 1 in the poll.
The Irish earned the top spot in The Associated Press women's basketball Tuesday, receiving 14 first-place votes from a 33-member national media panel to earn the top ranking...

The Indiana Hoosiers football team has been one of the most exciting also-rans in the country, leading the Big Ten in passing offense three times in the last four years.Even though its best record in that stretch was last year's 6-7, Indiana rewarded...

Ian Swenson continued a family tradition on Friday, July 22, when he gave a verbal commitment to play football at Connecticut.The Loyola senior-to-be defensive back hails from a family of college athletes. His older sister, Evan, participated in three...

It was a battle of unbeatens, the Sparks hosting the Minnesota Lynx, one of the biggest regular-season games in WNBA history, the story of the season.
Sadly, for me, it wasn’t even the story of the day.
Last week I planned to visit Staples Center to...

Needing yet another men's basketball coach, Tennessee officials turned to the one person they thought would be perfect to take over the Volunteers program.
Pat Summitt said no.
She wasn't interested in the job in 1994 after Wade Houston was forced...

Breanna Stewart and UConn stand alone. Geno Auriemma, too, after another flawless season by the dominating Huskies.
UConn won an unprecedented fourth straight national championship Tuesday night, capping another perfect season by routing Syracuse...

The problem with chasing a legend is you never know when you've caught him.
Did Connecticut women's basketball Coach Geno Auriemma catch former UCLA men's coach John Wooden in 2011 when his Huskies won 90 consecutive games, two better than Wooden's...

Scouting the best games and sports specials on TV this weekend.
Friday
World Figure Skating Championships, 2 p.m. NBCSN: Can Alexa Scimeca and Chris Knierim help the U.S. medal in pairs for the first time in 14 years?
Mets at Cubs, 3:05 p.m. WGN-9:...

Published in Chicago Tribune on April 01, 2016 — Print headline: "Friday"

Geno Auriemma and his UConn Huskies have been steamrolling through the NCAA tournament without much trouble at all.
They stand three wins away from a fourth straight national championship, an unprecedented feat in the sport. Up next is Texas, a team they...

Breanna Stewart had 22 points, 14 rebounds and five blocks to lead No. 1 UConn to a 98-38 record rout of fifth-seeded Mississippi State on Saturday.
The win was the 72nd straight for UConn (35-0) and left the Huskies three victories shy of an...

Kansas is a team that likes to judge itself by championships standards.
The No. 1-seeded Jayhawks, though, cleared a lower hurdle Saturday night that was just as important.
After losing the previous two seasons in the second round of the NCAA...

Published in Chicago Tribune on March 20, 2016 — Print headline: "Jayhawks break bad habit, roll to victory - They end dismal 2-year run of 2nd-round losses with win over Huskies"

The game didn't go as Kansas guard Svi Mykhailiuk had planned.
"I was playing point guard and try(ing) to produce shots for the team instead of taking shots for myself," he said.
The unassuming sophomore from Ukraine produced almost as many...

Once the East Region was set, the most anticipated matchup loomed in the second round between rival teams that no longer meet in the regular season.
If No. 4 seed Kentucky can advance past No. 13 Stony Brook on Thursday and No. 5 Indiana beats No. 12...

Home is where the start is for Notre Dame.
The anticlimactic atmosphere inside the Joyce Center on Monday during the NCAA women's tournament selection show was a symptom of success for the Irish, who for the fifth year in a row earned a No. 1 seed and...

Published in Chicago Tribune on March 15, 2016 — Print headline: "It's business as usual for Irish - Another No. 1 seed; DePaul in as No. 6"

Get to know No. 1: Virginia (26-7). Nobody defends like the Cavaliers, who hold opponents to fewer than 60 points per game and force 12 turnovers per game. They rank fourth nationally in defensive efficiency, according to kenpom.com. Their downfall may be...